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About Derek

Derek is a professional sports handicapper. He's posted winning seasons every year since 2007 and in 2013 he launched drocksports.com with the goal of teaching others how to make money betting on sports.

NBA Playoff Friday

My play of the day comes from the Raptors and the Nets game.  The first game of this series the Nets showed the youth of the Raptors how it's done.  Second game the Raptors succeeded with pushing the ball down the court and driving more to the basket and ya they got a few more calls go their way.  Tonight for most of these Raptor players is their first road playoff game and will be playing in a hostile environment. It will be interesting to see how they react to the surroundings at the Barclay Center.  I see the veteran leaders on the Nets take control of this game from tip off to the final buzzer.  The old savvy vets seem to get more calls towards them, which means more trips to the line and more points on the board.  Plus I think the Raptor players might have their eye more on the off court with Beyonce sitting close by.   Brooklyn Nets -4.5  -110 (3*)

By |April 25th, 2014 5:38pm|Free Picks, NBA Picks|0 Comments

Thursday NBA 2 Pack

Tonight I really like and gonna be on the zig zag theory for the NBA playoffs.  Pacers dominated the hawks second half and in the end the Hawks shot 39% for the game.  Tonight the Hawks will be the dominate team and will cover the +2. Second game is the Golden St Warriors against the LA Clippers. The Warriors got blasted by 40 points last game and tonight they will take their vengeance out on the Clippers on their home court . Take Golden St +3 Golden St +3 Atlanta +2

By |April 24th, 2014 2:37pm|Free Picks|0 Comments

NBA playoffs Mavers vs Spurs Game 2

Spurs tonight will go for a 2-0 series lead.   Spurs last game trailed in the 4 th quater, but finished on a 19-4 run to extend their 10 winning streak against their rival.  Last game the spurs only managed 3 3 pointers all game, I see that stat changing tonight.  I also see a much quicker paced game then last. Spurs tonight will control tempo and make the baskets count tonight.  The mavs can try to protect the 3 point line but the spurs are so efficient in getting to the rim it doesn't matter what they do, they will be putting up points. Over 201

By |April 23rd, 2014 6:12pm|Free Picks, NBA Picks|0 Comments

NHL: Profitable Regular Season Betting Situations

There's lots of money to be made all season long in hockey and here's a few profitable ways to make it during the regular season. 1:  Money line Dogs Just like in baseball don't shy away from taking a underdog on the money line.  If your taking favorites all the time, they don't always win and if your paying -140 on a favorite it can eat at your bankroll if they lose.  If you have a home team underdog here look at leaning to take them straight up to win. 2:  Long Winning streaks One profitable theory I use here is if a team is on say a 7 game winning streak,  instead of betting every time you think they are going to lose all you have to do is wait until they lose.  What?? ya just wait until they lose and take them to LOSE the next game after.  This works out well during the season because there's always teams that have winning streaks.  The game after the winning is lost theory 3:  Long road trips Every once in a while teams have to go out on the road for 6 or more games and that can be a lot of overcome especially for younger teams.  These trips are tough and can take it's toll on the players near the end of them,  playing almost every other night can do that.  I look to fade the road team in the last game of their long road trip (6 or more games).  Also after these long road trips you usually get to take 3 or 4 days off which can be nice for the players to re-coup so I will look to take that team [...]

By |April 18th, 2014 5:01pm|Betting Strategy, NHL Strategy|0 Comments